Has nothing to do with giving up, thats never been in my personality. It has everything to do with being honest about the situation. It wasnt ordered from China, it was ordered from the same place you ordered yours from (which I am sure sourced the parts from China). I sent a message to see if they will swap cables with me, in the last exchange they asked if the cable provided power and sync operations, I said yes, we will see if they give me a replacement or not.

Should have said "at times" it gives a sync/charge and "at times" it does not.. Give them the "shorting out" story..

I told them that when I plug in the extender I lost functionality versus just plugging it in without the extender. Which is vague, but true. Hate doing it.

I sent the black one back first, will send the white one in a few days. I have 14 days to return the white one, had the black one longer. I figured sending two back at the same time would be suspicious.

I was told I can exchange mine but he made clear to tell me the new one won't support video/audio either, and the cost to ship it and get potentially lost in the mail I'm just not bothering. It sucks.. I'd pay a premium for a cable that would work.. I feel like the weight of the adapter is causing it to twist and pull which will eventually cause a failure in the adapter or attached cables.. I just want to stuff it in the dash and have a single cable come out. I don't understand why a passthrough cable is so hard to make.

I don't understand why a passthrough cable is so hard to make.

It's not, I use one and there is thread on here about it.

I sent both of mine back and I was told "they work fine so the problem is obviously on your side, I will just refund you".  I got my money back at least, though I thought it was interesting that I didnt have a say in getting another cable or wanting a refund.

I recently ordered another cable for another AR project and got a slightly different cable then the one I got a couple of months ago that does work. The new cable doesn't work so I emailed the seller and he agreed to swap the cable for the same type I initially purchased from him.

They now tests the cables, so if yours works when he tests it (for data and power, which is all he states it can do) he will just refund you, despite you wanting to swap it out (and despite the fact you paid to ship it back on your own dime).

Actually he has already shipped the new cable without me shipping the other back yet.

Its almost as if we bought from a different link or something... my guy wouldnt ship anything out unless he already had the return in hand, and I used the link posted in this thread, ebay user dinlowx

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Pin-Male-Female-Extension-Cable-Cord-for-iPhone-5-iPad-4-mini-iPod-Touch-White-/190872151912?pt=US_Tablet_eReader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item2c70dde768

That's the same guy.

Actually by looking at the tracking number he sent me it does appear its just the electronic shipping notification and he's sitting on it until I send him the other cable.

Can you take photos of the cable you have, vs the cable that was slightly different for your other AR project? What were the differences? Maybe we can find THAT cable from another supplier if we have more detail.

The physical characteristics of the cable that works is rounded corners on the female connector as well a Lightning symbol on the face of the same connector. The one that doesn't work has square corners and no lightning symbol. Appradioworld.com has an extensive write up with pics on the cable and the examples verified to work there came from iMod.co in China. It appears to be the same cable however. When I emailed dinlowx about the problem I described the differences between the two cables and he replied he would replace with the proper cable.

Hey VBlue, any idea which vendor has working extension cables for our purposes? I never did get one which worked, and since I'm going to take my unit out and replace it with the 8000NEX next week, I figure I might as well take another stab and getting rid of that mess.

Try the cable jive cable.

This has all been covered on this forum. Use this extension: http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Pin-Male-Female-Extension-Cable-Cord-for-iPhone-5-iPad-4-mini-iPod-Touch-White-/190872151912?pt=US_Tablet_eReader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item2c70dde768

No need for the Pioneer CD-IH202 if you already have all the cables you need.

I think he's going to need the Pioneer cable. The USB port on the back of the Z150 is for charging only and does not pass data.